Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...
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"I could name 10 types of things these people ... This marks the first time researchers have discovered comets outside our solar system by detecting the minute dips in a star's light created ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock ...
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
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Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...